Registering-head.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. SHOUT, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

REGISTERING-HEAD.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. SnoUP, acitizen of the United States of America, and residing at Hoboken, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Registering-Heads, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to registering heads and particularly to actuatinggearing therefor, the object of my intention being to provide anactuating gear adapted to be thrown into and out of engagement with thenumbering head and locking the same against rotation in the out-of-gearposition.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a broken plan view showing myimproved device applied to the registering head of a voting machine;Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the same applied to a pair ofregistering heads at a turnstile; Fig. 3 is a broken elevation indicatedby the line 3-3, Fig. 1; Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations of the mastergears of Figs. 1 and 2 respectively; Fig. 6 is a plan view of certain ofthe registering head gears in position for assembly.

The numbering head illustrated is of the general type shown in myPatent, No. 853,127, on voting machines, and comprises units, tens, andhundreds wheels, A, B, C, respectively, geared together through pinions10 and 11, meshing on theone hand with teeth 12 on the rear of eachwheel A- and B, and onthe other hand with gearing 13 on the face of eachwheel B and In'the embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. 1, the unitwheel is actuated from 'the voting spindle 14, through a pinion 1'5,

meshing with the crown 16, of the master gear 17, between which and theunit wheel A I arrange a sliding pinion 18. When the latter is inactuating position with relation to the unit wheel A, the long teeth 19on this pinion mesh with the slots 20 in the master gear 17 so that uponthe rotation of the latter theslidin'g pinion 18 communicates 1ts motionthrough these long teeth to the unit wheel, which thus registers thevoters choice. When the pinion 18 is moved out of gear with the mastergear 17, not only is the latter unable to effect the rotation of theunit wheel, but the latter is also looked against actuation from anysource since the long teeth 19 are opposed by the uncut portions 21 ofthe periphery of the unit wheel A, so that in this position it isimpossible to tam- Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed November 28, 1911.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Serial No. ceases.

per with the count indicated by the registermg head, slnce the latter ispositively locked against rotation in either direction. In order toeffect this shift of the pinion 18 into of the pinion 18. The bracket'22 is connect ed in any suitable manner to the rack '25 so thatlongitudlnal motion which may be imparted to the latter from anysuitable portion of the mechanism of the machine is in turn transmittedto the pinion 18.

In a voting machine of this character, the voting spindle 14 carriesdifferential gears 26, meshing with interlocking bars 27, as describedin my patent above mentioned. This interlocking mechanism preferablylimits theextent of oscillation of the spindle 14, so that the same candescribean arc of not more than 115 practically. If the interlockingbars 27 be thrown out of gear wit-h the differential gears 26 on thespindle l-t, the latter is then free to rotate through the full circle.This enables me to facilitate the resetting of the registering head fora new count by arranging on the periphery of the master gear- 17opposite the actuating teeth 28 thereof, which are used during voting, aseries of teeth 29 which when the interlocking bars are thrown out ofgear with the differential 26, mesh with the pinion 18 and thus expeditethe return of the registering head to zero on the reverse rotation ofthe voting spindle 14. This series of teeth may extend over an arc ofpractically 250 and in the usual case will comprise at least five teeth,so that upon the reverse rotation of the spindle, the count of theregistering head is lowered 6 units per rotation instead of only 1 to arotation, as has heretofore been the case.

This invention is obviously not limited in its utility to a votingmachine, and may be advantageously employed in many different ways. Ihave shown as a single example of another way in which this registeringhead may be used, a turnstile in which, for instance. it is desired tokeep separate records of cash gate receipts and of transfers ordeadheads. In this embodiment of my invention the turnstile 30 isprovided with an upwardly extending spindle 31 carrying I number ofactuating teeth is less.

pinions 32 constantly in gear with the crowns of the master pinions 33for two registering heads. The slidable pinions 18 are here connected bylinks 34 to the rock lever 35 actuated by the pull rod 36 controlled bythe gate keeper". The movement of this rod 36 in one direction throwsone of the pinions 18 into actuating position and the other out ofactuating position, and vice versa on the movement of the rod in theopposite direction. In view of the fact that the turnstile is constantlyrotated in one direction and makes a quarter revolution for each personthat passes the turnstile, four spaces 37 must be provided on the faceof the master pinion 33 which meshes with the sliding pinion 18, so asto actuate the latter upon each quarter revolution of the turnstile.Obviously the resetting of a counting head of this character proceeds ata slower rate than that of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1, sincethe Obviously also the movement of the slidable pinion out of gear withthe master pinion has i the same ejlfect of locking the unit wheelagainst rotation in the out-of-gear position so that it is impossiblefor the gate keeper to tamper with the-count shown by the registeringhead.

I claim as my invention 1. A registering head comprising a geared unitwheel, a master gear and an interposed shiftable pinion and means inconnection with the latter for operatively connecting said unit wheeland master gear and for,

locking said unit wheel when operatively disengaged from said mastergear. I

2. A registering head comprising a geared unit wheel, a master gear, andan interposed gearing operatively connecting said master gear and unitwheel in one position and locking said unit wheel against rotation inoperatively disengaged position.

3. A registering head comprising an actuating pinion, a master gearconstantly in mesh therewith, a geared unit wheel and a pinioninterposed between said unit wheel and master gear, said pinion beingshiftable to out-of-gear position and serving in such position to lockthe unit wheel against rotation.

4:. A registering head comprising a master gear, a geared unit Wheel andan interposed connecting pinion shittable into and out of gear with saidmaster gear and serving in the out-of-gear position to lock said unitWheel against rotation, the gearing on said master gear beinginterrupted, for the purpose mentioned.

5. A registering mechanism comprising a rotatable spindle, gear thereon,a master gear constantly in mesh therewith, a geared unit wheel, ashiftable pinion constantly in mesh therewith and means for shifting thepinion into operative engagement with the master gear.

6. A registering mechanism comprising a master gear, a geared unitwheel'and an interposed pinion constantly in gear with said unit wheelbut shiftable into and out of gear with said master gear.

7. A registering mechanism comprising units, tens and hundreds wheels,each count ing wheel having an intermediate pinion gear to actuate theadjacent counting wheel of higher denomination one tenth revolution foreach complete revolution of the actuating wheel, an independentshiftable pinion gear constantly in mesh with the unit wheel, a mastergear, means for rotating the master gear and independent means forshifting the pinion gear into and out of operative connection with themaster gear.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of 85 two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL R. SHOUP.

Witnesses:

MARTHA F. SHoUr, CHARLES A. RmsER.

